Excise policy case: Manish Sisodia and others’ judicial detention is extended by a Delhi court till May 8

AAP leader Manish Sisodia, co-accused Vijay Nair, and other parties were granted judicial detention by a court here on Friday till May 8 in connection with a money laundering case pertaining to the purported Delhi excise policy scandal.

After their previous judicial detention expired, the defendants were presented via video conference before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja.

In addition, the court ordered ED to provide a report detailing the estimated time needed to digitize the chargesheet’s associated documents.

Naveen Kumar Matta and Simon Benjamin, the special public prosecutors for the ED, said throughout the hearing that the accused were dragging things out and that they were unwilling to get the case along more quickly.

In a previous ruling, the court detained BRS leader K Kavitha and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till May 7.

According to the ED, Kejriwal’s AAP is the main recipient of the criminal earnings from the purported liquor scam.

According to allegations made by the ED and CBI, there were irregularities in the modification of the excise policy, license holders received undue favors, the license price was waived or decreased, and the L-1 license was prolonged without the consent of the appropriate authorities.